The security mitigations deployed for Intel Graphics supposedly hamper the graphics performance, which is now in the talks for removal on Ubuntu. Canonical and Intel are Reportedly Disabling GPU Security Mitigations, Which Will Improve Intel Graphics Performance by up to 20% With security flaws such as Spectre and Meltdown, which were witnessed a few years ago, Intel started deploying multiple mitigations for its CPUs, which could cause users’ data to be stolen. Intel released several microcode updates to stop the attacks, but it was mostly for CPUs. However, to be on the safe side, the Intel graphics stack also received […]
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